Vice President for Human Resources

Position Details

Polk State College has appointed Stacey Cary as the Vice President for Human Resources. Ms. Cary begins on July 10, 2023. Ms. Cary previously served as Director of Human Resources at Black Hawk College since 2014. Prior to this, Ms. Cary served as the Director of HR for Family Resources, Inc. from February 2013 to October 2014. Before that, she was the Associate Executive Director, Administrative Services at Arc of the Quad Cities Area from April 2005 to February 2013 where she also served as the agency's CFO and was responsible for Human Resources, Fiscal, Property and Maintenance and Training. From February 2003 to February 2005, Ms. Cary was the Fiscal Director and HR Manager at Generations Area Agency on Aging and before that she was the Controller at Diocese of Davenport from September 1996 to February 2003 where she was responsible for bookkeeping, reconciliation, A/P, A/R, payroll, and benefits. Ms. Cary earned her MBA with a HR concentration at St. Ambrose University and her BA in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa. Read more.